Cenozoic continental arc magmatism and associated mineralization in Ecuador

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-222

  Chiaradia, Massimo ^a   Fontboté, Lluís ^a   Beate, Bernardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cenozoic Ecuador; Continental arc magmatism; Epithermal; Porphyry Cu

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842682584     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0397-5     Document Type: Article

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